25 Things You Need to Know About the Future by Christopher Barnatt

25 Things You Need to Know About the Future by Christopher Barnatt

The essential book for understanding the challenges and technologies that will shape the next few decades How will we live in the future? And what will the human race become? Will we nurture designer babies, be served by intelligent robots, have personal 3D printers, and grow products on the vine using synthetic biology? Or will shortages of oil, fresh water and other natural resources constrain our lifestyles and lead to industrial decline? In this fascinating guide, futurist Christopher Barnatt examines 25 known challenges and technologies that will help shape the next few decades. From Peak Water to vertical farms, nanotechnology to augmented reality, and electric cars to space travel, a startling picture is painted of future possibilities that no individual or business will be able to ignore. Highlighting life-changing research and innovation from over 250 companies, universities and non-profit organizations around the globe, 25 Things You Need to Know About the Future is a startling, frightening and powerful blueprint for anybody who wants to future gaze or future shape.

A Brief Guide to Cloud Computing: [Brings] admirable clarity to this thoroughly nebulous topic* New Scientist *

Christopher Barnatt is Associate Professor of Computing & Future Studies at Nottingham University Business School, and is the creator of ExplainingTheFuture.com and ExplainingComputers.com and their associated YouTube channels. He has written six previous books on future studies and computing and gives regular lectures and media appearances.

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ISBN 13	9781849016971
ISBN 10	1849016976
Titel	25 Things You Need to Know About the Future
Autor	Christopher Barnatt
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Little, Brown Book Group
Erscheinungsjahr	2012-01-19
Seitenanzahl	340
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